The minister through his counsel Khawaja Haris had contended that his client was not allowed the minimum seven days to peruse the reference and voluminous reports before his indictment in the case under section of 265-C of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Thus, he pleaded the court to set aside his indictment.

According to the NAB reference, the accused had acquired assets and pecuniary interests/ resources in his name or in the name of his dependents of an approximate amount of Rs831.678 million as per the investigation conducted so far.

The assets are disproportionate to his known sources of income for which he could not reasonably account for.